#partner ⭐⭐ REVIEW ⭐⭐ - 5/5 (Full review is up on my Goodreads!)
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CW: sexual assault, cancer, grief, loss, homophobia, cheating, and death of a parent 🌪️
If y’all like crying, this is the book for you. I’m not a huge crier with books – I’ll tear up, but I won’t sob – but I was crying. There were tears throughout the book. As I said, it is one of those books. Yet, it’s also a book that is so hard to explain and I know that this review is going to do its best to be collected and cohesive, but it’s probably going to fail at both those goals.
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The book is basically about Mercer, a small midwestern town that has had tragedy strike far too many times. Fifty years ago, a tornado blew through the town, going straight through the drive-in movie theater that all the kids were at, killing quite a few of them. Fifty years later, things come back around. Another tornado hits where the drive-in once stood. No one was injured, but there were witnesses, living and dead.
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The character I connected with the most was Callie. I’ve been very open about my experiences, but it hit home for me because my sister passed away very suddenly from cancer. I didn’t have the chance to see her go like Callie did. It was so sudden that none of us had the chance to be with her except for our father. Reading Callie’s experiences, I literally cried because it captured how I felt and feel about my sister and what happened. There were so many things that I wanted to say but couldn’t because of the distance, the lack of time, and just because I didn’t know them until months later. It really hit me hard and, trust me, I cried quite a bit with her story. 🌪️
I just really enjoyed this book. I wasn’t sure what to expect from it, but, God, it was amazing. It blew me away and I can’t recommend it enough. It’s a beautiful debut and I can’t wait to see what Lund writes next!
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